Friday, January 8, 2010

Hi All! Yesterday I told all about my new software toy. I am totally lovin' my Mom's Cricut and SCAL. I can't stop using it!!

Well, when I started this little adventure I had found a site call SVG Cuts - great site. There are so many tutorials on there, including how to get set up. I love the way Leo explains everything, in a soft, slow tone so that even I can understand what he's saying. They also offer lots of free SVG downloads and a wonderful gallery for inspiration.

So here's the first card I made. I'm afraid I can't photograph Eggplant Envy very well and it's still do windy and the sky is patchy to take a picture outside.

My sister surprised me with a little package from There She Goes stamps in my mailbox the other day. I have admired this set called Bloom for months now and she had Jessica send it to me. The SVG cut is the Eggplant layer - it cut these flowers and the rectangle. So then you just adhere to a card base and fold up the petals. Cool!! I then stamped one of flowers on white card stock and colored using a blender pen and SU! inks. Such an easy card with beautiful results.

This card I created on my own in SCAL. I told you yesterday about a TrueTypes font file that I picked up. I used that to create this loose scallop card. Then after I cut the card, I resized one of the shapes so that it layered perfectly onto the base.

I recently won the newest release from There She Goes stamps, so the watering can image was perfect my card. I created this card for two challenges, too. First, There She Goes said to create a shaped card. Check! Then, new challenge blog Fussy and Fancy said to make it "new." New whatever - so I used my brand new stamps from TSG. And I made it pink & black. Check!I embellished with buttons from American Crafts and pink/black gingham ribbon from Wal-Mart. The sentiment came from the same TSG set.

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I am a mother of 3 amazing young adults! I am a proud momma of a Navy Sailor, a 2nd year college student and a boy entering college soon. In my spare time, I love to cook, read, stamp and make 3D paper projects. I've been a papercrafter for 22+ years and I love every minute of it. I decided I didn't have enough to do, so I also "own" a challenge blog, Tuesday Morning Sketches.
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All cards, scrapbook pages, photographs and text are owned by Melissa Craig. I have created the cards and pages with copyrighted material (Papertrey Ink, DRS Designs, MFT Stamps, Hero Arts and many others) and are for personal use only. I share these ideas with you, you are free to CASE the cards but ask that you do not submit for contests or publication. Also, please give credit where credit is due. If you CASE something of mine, please tell others where you got the idea. Thanks!! Happy Stamping and inky hugs.